Ethnographies of Religious Responses to Climate Change

While science has guided our understanding of the problem of climate change, and to date policy work has led our responses, many look to religions—both formal and informal—for guidance to confront and navigate the multiple dimensions of the crisis. From heat waves to floods, rising sea levels, climate refugees, and mass extinctions, the threat of climate collapse is increasingly felt and feared. We need new cognitive and emotional capacities to understand the loss we are facing. This is a profoundly spiritual problem.